Wisconsin G.I. Joe Sightings

[Super_Megatron]

Please use this thread to report G.I. Joe sightings in the state of Wisconsin.

[Johnnyakiba]

Hello, all of you Wisconsin goers.

I live in both Illinois and Wisconsin so here I will report on Southern - Wisconsin Joe sightings. (These are up-to-date as of this post.)

Kenosha:
K-mart - Wave 5 singles, Wave 1 comic, & 5-packs. (Sigma 6 Clearance items as well.)
Target - Wave 2 & 3 singles, Wave 1 comic, & 5-packs
Shop Co - VERY limited wave 1 & 2 (at $8)

Racince:
K-Mart - Wave 3 singles, & Wave 1 comic.(Sigma 6 Clearance items as well.)
Target - Wave 3 singles, & Wave 1 comic
Walmart - Wave 3 singles only
Shop Co - Wave 3 singles (otherwise Out of Stock)
Toys R Us - Wave 3 & 4 singles, & Wave 1 Comic

Burlington:
K-Mart - Wave 4 & 5 singles, Wave 1 & 2 Comic.(Sigma 6 Clearance items as well.)
Walmart - Wave 4 singles, & Wave 1 comic

Lake Geneva:
Target - Wave 3 singles, & Wave 1 comic
Walmart - Wave 4 singles, & Wave 1 comic

Please ask me if you need spesicfics, Sigma 6 is not something I am into, but I can definately get more info.

[Johnnyakiba]

Does No-one Live In Wisconsin?!

[spiderpumpkin]

I live in Minnesota but I do sometimes travel to the western part of Wisconsin. I'll post when I do that.

I know a lot of people at yojoe.com live in Wisconsin.

[Johnnyakiba]

Odd, I feel so alone out here. Southen Wiscosin always gets their shipments late.

[Johnnyakiba]

As of this post, no updates.

[Psyche-Out]

I live in Milwaukee. The Walmart on Capital and Holton has Wave 1 comic packs. I was surprised to see a fresh assortment from waves 2 and 3 (2007) which excluded Zartan but included 3 Cobra Officers about two weeks ago. I passed on everything but a couple of Red Ninjas. Naturally, on clearance we have our 5 packs excluding legions which I happily purchased. If I would have known there was a Wisconsin following I would have posted much earlier because...

After hearing rumors of torpedo being released in the midwest I returned to this Walmart only to find the roses of the last rack removed leaving serpy, buzzer, Stalker and lady Jaye rotting away.

The big lots across the street has elite force vehicles and playsets. If you're after something in particular (excluding the resent waves that we're all hungry for upon finding I'll post right away) message me and I'll keep my eyes peeled when I'm hunting.

[Johnnyakiba]

Everything in southern Wisconsin is the same. I wipped out the Snake-Eyes in the Kenosha K-mart & also the last Lady Jaye(That had been sitting there for weeks)

I want to go back out but I am afraid of not finding anything and wasting a major amount of gas.

[Johnnyakiba]

I cannot find any 25th joes on clearance, whats with that? I would not mind having 3 more troopers and a black Cobra Commander....but to HELL with that Storm Shadow.

[Psyche-Out]

The Wal*Mart that I frequent had the joe clearance items among other clearance toys in a very strange isle--not in the same isle where clearance toys usually are. I actually stumbled upon the isle, which was close to seasonal items, by mistake while the joe radar was turned off. I highly doubt that all Wally Worlds are mapped out in the same manor but it's certainly worth a look.

[Psyche-Out]

Oh, and you can always call the Walmart and ask if they have the items in stock.

[facehammer]

I just got back from the TRU in Madison WI where I found the 3 packs. Go get 'em.
Oh, I should add that they were 13.99 each.

Jeff

[Stevejr]

Marshfield Target has the exclusives in there stockroom found a friendly looking person in childrens clothing to go get me 2 of each. Had been shot down twice by two of the more "honest" employees who told me they weren't in stock. Good luck hunting!

[nmitchell86]

I'll be in Sheboygan for the month of may. All I need is the Target HISS TANK. (perferably 2) Are there many Targets in the Sheboygan area?

[the11thdoctor]

Southside of Milwaukee has been pretty dry lately. Haven't seen any TRU 3packs at all.

[Psyche-Out]

I'll be in Sheboygan for the month of may. All I need is the Target HISS TANK. (perferably 2) Are there many Targets in the Sheboygan area?

There is one in Sheboygan that is just off of I-43 on Sheboygan's South Side. I think the closest one from that is in Manitowac

[DVD]

Wave 7 leftovers and refresher case at Super Target in Fitchburg today. Spirt, Duke, Firefly!!!, Wave 5 SE, 2 Vipers, and other various figures were there. No new comic packs anywhere, though.

[meyerc13]

Shopko's price on single carded figures has risen to the insane level... $9.99! I think the comic packs are still priced at $11.99, so how does that make sense? Oh well, they almost never have anything except a few Hawk/Scarlett packs anyway. One less place to check on my search for Joes.

[Falcone]

Shopko's price on single carded figures has risen to the insane level... $9.99! I think the comic packs are still priced at $11.99, so how does that make sense? Oh well, they almost never have anything except a few Hawk/Scarlett packs anyway. One less place to check on my search for Joes.

ShopKo and Target in Fon du Lac both have ridiculous prices on their stuff too. I don't even bother going to either of those stores.

[meyerc13]

Anyone see the comic packs from the wave with Firefly/Storm Shadow? I haven't seen them anywhere in the Fox Valley... and I took a road trip and stopped in Waupaca, Stevens Point, and Wausau at a few stores and didn't see any sign of them there either. My brother is in Sheboygan... nothing there either. Are people snapping these up before I can find them, or haven't they hit Wisconsin yet?

[Falcone]

How far down 41 did you try? I haven't checked Oshkosh yet, but I might soon. Fon du Lac is pretty barren. What does the TRU in Appleton look like? Thats the closet TRU to me and I don't want to drive all the way there if they have nothing.

[meyerc13]

How far down 41 did you try? I haven't checked Oshkosh yet, but I might soon. Fon du Lac is pretty barren. What does the TRU in Appleton look like?

I was in Oshkosh on Tuesday, but only checked Wal Mart (wasn't specifically Joe shopping, but in Oshkosh because my sister in law lives there). Nothing much there except the usual peg warmers. Haven't checked the Oshkosh Target in a few weeks.

My wife actually works at the Babies R Us side of that Toys R Us, so I get status updates on what they have at least once a week. ;-) I had a lengthy conversation with one of the toy side managers a week ago. The problem is that all of the figures use one part number in their system, and all of the comic packs use another. So in single packs they have Lady Jaye, Serpentor, Cobra Commander, and Buzzer... that's pretty much it. They had a Wave 8 case come in 2 weeks ago, but by the time I was there all they had left was the Viper. In comic packs, they have all the old stuff... destro/breaker, hawk/scarlett, ace/ww, fred/scarface, cc/duke, xamot/tomax, se/ss... but I fear those are clogging the inventory and keeping their computer from ordering the new stuff. Every once in a while they get in the exclusives, but they don't last long at that store. I picked up a crimson cobra pack for my brother and one of each set for myself... but I usually only find them 1 at a time. I work in Green Bay and checked that TRU... I think it was Wednesday or Thursday. They have about 3-4 of the blue cobra pack but none of the other 3 packs and none of the 5 packs.

I'm heading up to Door County tomorrow and plan to check the stores up that way... wish me luck.

[Johnnyakiba]

Hah I am back...With vengence....

Go to the Wal-mart in Lake Geneva on HWY 50. They have shelves FULL of Vipers and the like.

[meyerc13]

The Sturgeon Bay Wal Mart is now the third I have seen that doesn't even have a GI Joe section (also Sheboygan Northside and New London). The Sturgeon Bay Target had a section, but none of the recent waves. Same for the Target on GV in Green Bay. Also checked the Kmart off of Lombardi... still no vehicles showing up there... but Kmart figures are still selling at $5.99 and they have a few (I remember seeing Duke at this Kmart... I know Sheboygan's Kmart has had figs as well but not the newest wave yet).

I still can't find the Storm Shadow/Firefly comic pack (or any from that wave), and certainly none of the new wave with Duke, BAT, etc. I don't expect to seem them so soon... but shocked I can't find the comic packs even when some of the Wal Marts and Targets have no comic packs on the shelves.

[RobbieDigital]

I live in Sturgeon Bay, stationed here in the Coast Guard......from the East Coast and when I first got here I was pretty disappointed when it came to the "hunt." Never really have a problem finding stuff back home. The Wal-Mart here is pretty much the worst Wal-Mart I've ever been in......their action figure aisle is only half an aisle. No Joes.......the Target is pretty good on getting new stuff but has been dry for months now. I usually go to GB or Appleton.......but even thats a shot in the dark.

[meyerc13]

Checked out a few stores in Green Bay today. The K-mart off of Main had a bunch of Cobra troopers and officers. I also saw Zartan, a Red Ninja, and Stalker. $5.99 each. There weren't a lot of figures, probably 1 peg full.

The Wal Mart off of Main had probably the fullest Joe section I've seen anywhere. I saw at least 4 Snow Jobs, cobra air troopers, Rock n Roll, and the entire 2008 wave 4 with Major Bludd, Baroness, Python Patrol officer, Tiger Force Flint, Arctic Snake Eyes, Cobra Commander with crystals, and Roadblock. They probably had 6 or 8 pegs filled with figures... I haven't seen anything like that anywhere... and while there may have been some peg warmers (serpentor, buzzer, cobra commander), they certainly weren't in the majority. Apparently Main St. in Green Bay is the place to go for single carded figures.

Toys R Us in Green Bay had little as far as figures or comic packs except the usual peg warmers... but they did have 2 NightWatch, 2 Red Ninja packs, and 2 of the blue cobra sr. ranking officer packs.

The Wal Mart in DePere had almost no comic packs or figures, so I'm hoping they are due for a shipment soon... have to check it again next time I'm up that way.

[meyerc13]

Found Wave 9 at the Neenah Wal Mart... the cards were slightly bent, but not a problem because I open them anyway. Left the Wild Bill but picked up the rest (I needed Torpedo, so I was happiest to find him!). Found Wild Bill and Torpedo out of that wave at the Appleton West Wal Mart... someone beat me to the rest. Would have liked extra BATs, those are awesome! So check your Wal Marts in the morning.

Still no vehicles or comic packs though... checked Appleton Toys R Us tonight, hoping to use the $10 off $50 coupon, but only peg warmers and the two 5 packs (ninjas and night watch).

[DAHUNTER]

Hah I am back...With vengence....

Go to the Wal-mart in Lake Geneva on HWY 50. They have shelves FULL of Vipers and the like.

I can confirm this since it's my local WM. ;) They have TONS of WIPERS....................er I mean VIPERS. :D

They also got a few wave 7 and 8 cases in last night but hardly any room to put them out with all the Vipers on the pegs. They did get wave 9 but I picked up most of it for my collection so I'm good on that series, I wont pick any more up unless I see a bunch of BATS or Serpents then I might pick up an extra or two.

[meyerc13]

Finally found the comic packs, at the De Pere Wal Mart. I'd expect they will start showing up at the other Wal Marts soon. I was walking down the aisle toward the toy section, and saw someone walking away from that area with a comic pack in which I instantly recognized Copperhead. Having visions of being 2 minutes too late to snag the comic packs, I hurried to that section. Luckily they must have had a few of each. I picked up a complete set.

Firefly is awesome... I skipped the carded figure waiting for this one... and must say it was worth the wait. Unfortunately due to Hasbro's packaging poses, Storm Shadow's left leg won't straighten out. Might have to try the boiling water trick to see if I can bend his leg back into shape. Otherwise he poses on the stand with that leg slightly bent.

The pack that surprised me the most is Shipwreck and Copperhead. I never really liked either figure as a kid... but Copperhead has probably the best paint job of any figure yet... the soles of his boots are painted... the dirty swamp water wash on the insides of his legs... just an awesome looking figure. Shipwreck also looks better, IMHO, with the life jacket on than he did on the original carded without it.

The award for strangest pack goes to Duke Red Star. Duke has a pistol but no holster, and Red Star has a knife with no sheath. Other than that the figures are nice... especially Red Star, although I like the all green Duke because I think he fits in well with the all green found on most of the original 13. I wish Hasbro would release accessory packs with some armored vests to use to break up the all green on all of those older figures, but until then at least he isn't wearing an off white shirt (which isn't exactly camo, is it?).

If you see these... pick them up... they are some good figures.

[DAHUNTER]

Found the vehicle two packs last night at Lake Geneva WM. They only had two sets and my friend got one set and called me to pick up the other. Still no new comic packs by me yet the closest I found was in IL. at Antioch WM but only picked up one Copperhead pack since no Red Star ones were around.

[meyerc13]

Wow... the new items are hitting fast and furious in Wisconsin now. I was on a trip for work this past week, and checked out stores throughout the North half of the state. Here's the breakdown:

Vehicles - These have hit Wal Marts, Targets, and Toys R Us stores (but not all stores as far as I can tell). My brother picked up his vehicles at the Northside Wal Mart in Sheboygan. I couldn't find them anywhere so I ordered them on Amazon. Then, I found all the vehicles but the VAMP at the Medford Wal Mart (yeah, it's a bit out of the way). Since mine were in transit, I left them for the next guy to find. On Friday, I found the Armadillo pack at the Wausau Target, so they are starting to see them. Then my sister and sister in law found a VAMP for me at the Appleton Toys R Us. So if these haven't been sighted in your stores yet, keep checking because the distribution centers obviously have them.

Video packs - These are starting to show up in Targets. My brother was in Stevens Point for a wedding on Friday, and happened to stop at the Target while they were being put out. He grabbed one of each set (there are four sets per box, two of each of the first two DVDs), and called me. Since I was on my way home from the twin cities, I decided to take the route through Stevens Point, and I picked up the others. So there aren't any there now, but obviously these will hit other Targets very, very soon.

The Storm Shadow/Firefly, Shipwreck/Copperhead, and Duke/Red Star comic packs I've seen in Wal Marts and Targets now, so those should be showing up as long as your store doesn't already have racks full of old waves.

The Wave 9 figures are harder to find... I've only seen evidence of these in Wal Marts... and other than the first night they were stocked (July 3) I haven't seen any of the new figures again, although I have seen the Torpedos and Wild Bills from those cases. I'm guessing Target will stock these when they do their toy reset... too bad the price will be so high ($8 vs. Wal Mart's $7).

Overall... this is a good time to be a Joe collector... there is nothing like the thrill of finding these videos and vehicles on the shelf. Btw... Target is stocking the video sets in the Toy Department, retail is about $20 (which makes no sense... since you get at least 3 figures and a DVD... while they sell single figures for $8!).

[meyerc13]

Stopped at the Appleton Target at the Fox River Mall... the toy aisle looks like a hurricane hit... half way through the reset from the looks of it. However... they have a spot for the vehicles (empty), and they had the Destro/Roadblock/Lady Jaye video battle pack. The other one wasn't in sight.

Also stopped at the TRU.. and they must have gotten a new shipment of the vehicles (I was there on Monday and they had a sticker indicating that they had reordered them that day). Last I talked to a toy manager there (my wife works on the Babies R Us side), they usually get their Joe shipments on Thursdays. Anyway... the only vehicles left about 7pm tonight were the VAMP and RAM set. I was hoping to find another HISS tank, or the Armadillo set which I've been undecided about buying... but of course I find the other two which until today had been the more elusive ones from what I've heard.

So all of this was there around 7-8pm tonight... I didn't buy anything because I'm only looking for BATs, another HISS, and maybe the Armadillo pack.

[meyerc13]

Tonight I hit the east side of Appleton. Target had nothing. Wal Mart had the vehicles... I picked up my second black HISS and the Armadillo set. They had two VAMPs, two RAM/TBs, and 1 more Armadillo after I left around 8pm. Still haven't seen Wave 9 since July 3. How is it that TRU and Wal Mart can not only stock the vehicles, but restock them in less than a week after they sell out, but the single carded figures and the latest wave of comic packs can't be found anywhere? You'd think the single carded would be filling the pegs while the vehicles would be more scarce, but I've been seeing vehicles everywhere, but I'm not even seeing peg warmers most places (except for the Appleton TRU that has plenty of Serpentor, Lady Jaye, Buzzer, and Cobra Commander).

[DVD]

Hit the West Side of Madison yesterday, and actually had some luck. Super Target had wave 7, which is nothing new, but they did have a Hiss Tank, so that's now mine. Walmart West had 2 Armadillo sets and 1 Vamp, both of which I already have. TRU had nothing. They've had vehicle tags up for a month, and still no stock. The way this TRU works, though, they'll get all of wave 1 vehicles in when wave 2 hits, and then sit on them forever. Except the Ram set and Hiss tank, which will fly off the shelves. Target West had 2 DVD sets; one of each. I literally grabbed those and clutched them to my chest. I'm going up again today to see Dark Knight in the Imax, so hopefully Super Target will have restocked. I need a Ram and Troublebubble!

[meyerc13]

I've been seeing the vehicles in literally every Wal Mart I visit... so keep looking and you're bound to see them. Wish the single carded figures were that easy to find. Haven't seen Wave 9 (except Wild Bill) since July 4th.

Off topic - wasn't Dark Knight awesome? Saw it Saturday night, loved it.

[meyerc13]

Checked the Green Bay Baypark Square Shopko tonight, they had the comic pack wave with firefly/storm shadow, duke/red star, and shipwreck/copperhead. Inflated Shopko prices of (I think) $11.99, but if you need this wave of comic pack it might be worth it because these are still scarce around here.

[meyerc13]

Hopefully someone's lurking... I feel like I'm talking to myself here. Anyway... Wave 9 was at the Cormier Rd Target in Green Bay around 6pm tonight. Even though I whined about Target's $8 price, I wasn't going to risk having to wait another month to finally get a BAT, so I bought that. I want Bazooka and maybe Hawk too, but not at that price. I'll wait until I find them at Wal Mart or Kmart.

For those who were keeping score, this is the second time I've seen Wave 9, the first was on July 4. I picked up a set for my nephew... and bought a Ninja Ku and Barbecue for myself (I skipped Hawk and Bazooka only to regret it later, and the other BATS were sold before I got there). I gave up the BAT to my nephew even though I wanted it because I knew he'd be playing with it while mine would sit in a box probably until my son is old enough to play GI Joe with me in 2-3 more years. I was starting to think I'd never see this wave again, but finally tonight I stopped at the Target on a whim and found a full set of the Wave.

[DAHUNTER]

Lake Geneva, WI. WM - Has TONS of wave 7, 8 and now 9 (no major bludds, bats or snow serpents). Also got few wave 5 comic packs left.

Delavan, WI. WM - Has TONS of wave 7, 8 and now 9 (no bludds and bats and ss will go fast). Has lots of wave 5 and few wave 4 comic packs.

[meyerc13]

Wave 9 hit Wal Marts hard overnight Friday/Saturday morning (I checked on Thursday night/Friday morning and they weren't stocked then). At both the Oshkosh and Grand Chute Wal Marts I saw at least four or five Wave 9 cases... except for BATs. There was one left in Oshkosh (around 5:30pm), but none in Grand Chute.

Wave 5 comic packs are also hitting Wal Marts... my brother found a set for me in Sheboygan at the North Wal Mart (no blackhead Destro though), and I saw them about 2 hours after I talked to him at the Grand Chute Wal Mart. Only Falcon/Nemesis and Destro/Grenadier pack left, either CC/Tripwire is short packed or very popular???

This is insane how much stuff we've been getting lately... nearly every week we have something... Wave 9, vehicles, videos, comic packs. I can't keep up, but I'm loving it!

[meyerc13]

Dang. Kmarts are doing their toy reset. The single figures have gone up $1 to $6.99 and the comic packs to $10.99. Oh well, cheap Joes were good while they lasted. Since Kmart rarely restocks, I doubt I'll be checking there now that the comic packs are more than Wal Mart and the single carded figures are about the same.

Not much new to report... I've seen plenty of DVD packs and vehicles, plenty of Wave 9 except for Snow Serpents and BATs. Not much in the new comic packs, but the racks are starting to clear of the old packs, I guess people are snapping them up to send away for one more Doc. Hopefully we'll see more of the recent Comic Pack waves and less Hawk/Scarlett, CC/Duke, and SE/SS.

[Noizeindex]

Just passing through, I'm here on business. I saw 1 Snow Serpent at the Walmart in Kenosha as of 20 minutes ago. The Target has a HISS Driver & A black HISS/COmmander set.

[meyerc13]

I visited the Appleton and Green Bay TRU stores tonight. Both had fresh cases of Wave 5 Rev 1 comic packs out:

Cobra Commander/Tripwire
Destro/Iron Grenadier (Gold head... not the black I wanted)
Falcon/Nemesis Enforcer
Shipwreck/Copperhead
Storm Shadow/Firefly
Fred/Scarface
Torch/Ripper
Snake Eyes/Storm Shadow (issue 21 comic)

No sign of the new 3 packs or 5 packs, but still some of the old multi-packs. Appleton had two Nightwatch sets, Green Bay had those and also two Red Ninja sets. Appleton had all three of the original 3 packs with at least 2 of each. Green Bay I don't recall which 3 packs they had other than the Blue Cobra... but I know they didn't have any new ones.

[Falcone]

What does the appleton TRU have for other 1/18 scale items? Like elite operations, the corps, bbi, etc. I want to run up there but its too far to find they have nothing.

Also, there will be a Wisconsin get together, click the link in my sig for details.

[meyerc13]

They don't have much right now. Earlier this year I picked up a seal buggy/motorcycle set and a jeep/raft set. I haven't seen either of those lately. They have some of the more cartoony 1:18 sets with a bunker and jeep-ish vehicle, they also have the $23 helicopter that reminds me a bit of the Tomahawk. I can't remember if it was in Green Bay or Appleton, but one of them had a 1:18 Blackhawk for about $25. Looking at some of the 1:18 stuff on the website, I'm hoping they start to stock it in the store soon.

I've been watching info on your get together, but that day isn't looking good for me. It's Octoberfest here in Appleton, and it's become a bit of a family tradition to attend that in the morning-early afternoon. Then my son is invited to a birthday party later in the afternoon. The earliest I might be available would be early evening.

[iflabs]

Anyone in the milwaukee area?

[Falcone]

The earliest I might be available would be early evening.

Early evening would still work. If you have the time and will, come on down.

Does TRU have that small Chap Mei tank that kind of looks like a Bradley?
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3045232

[meyerc13]

That one doesn't look familiar, but I'll keep my eye out for it... I'm hoping they restock some of this generic stuff, that boat they have on the website rocks.

[THALASTDRAGON]

platteville walmart and k-mart are pretty limited. k-mart has tha g.i. joe battle pack and like 3 of tha cobra legions ones; also a few vehicles, ill prolly pick up tha hiss and vamp tomorrow. walmart has tha first 2 dvd packs, few wave 9's, and quite a few comic packs including tha more recent ones.

[meyerc13]

Menomonee Falls Target is showing the Rattler and Conquest in stock... too far for me to drive but hopefully other stores will be getting it soon. Good luck to any Milwaukee area tankers!

[meyerc13]

Score! The jets are mine. Watched them walk out the door at the Appleton Target (see my post in the long thread under News), but got my set in Green Bay (plus picked up a set for my brother and my nephew at the other Target). Strangely Oshkosh is still showing "Limited Availability" but they might be on 24 hold for someone. Each store seems to be getting one case of jets (1 Rattler, 1 Conquest), so call quick if you seem them as 'limited availability" in the online checker).

In other news, saw the new 5 packs at the Green Bay TRU (had two of each of the sets). Decided to pass since I had just dropped $50 on the jets and if these TRU exclusives are as easy to find as the last ones, I shouldn't have a problem finding the pack of Greenshirts I intend to pick up later. Now if they had had the new 3 packs... different story altogether but they didn't, yet.

Btw Falcone, no Bradley looking tank in the Green Bay TRU, but I'll check the Appleton one some time this weekend, assuming the cold I have doesn't leave me in bed all weekend.

[meyerc13]

Oh, almost forgot. The Green Bay Big Lots has the Powerteam Elite Watchtower ($10), the Little Bird ($13), and the camel and horse sets ($3 each). They also had a valor vs. venom two pack with Scarlett and a Sand Scorpion. They only had two of those, probably left over from a previous restock, $6 each.

Haven't checked the Appleton store lately, last time I was there they were in the middle of a reset but had nothing.

[meyerc13]

Does TRU have that small Chap Mei tank that kind of looks like a Bradley?

Checked the Appleton TRU tonight, and they didn't have that one. Even worse, 25th stuff went up in price. Single figures are now $7.99 and comic packs are $11.99. The SRO 3 packs are still $14.99, so now you get 3 figures for less than 2 single carded. They had all of the original wave, including the Crimson Cobra Commander set. The Nightwatch 5 pack they have was still $24.99, no sign of the new 5 packs in Appleton. I didn't pay attention to the video sets or the vehicles since they didn't have anything new.

Also checked the Appleton Big Lots, and still no sign of the PTE stuff there. Guess I'll have to go up to Green Bay again to pick up the sets I want.

[jglovia]

meyerc13 come on now, you know the northside sheboygan walmart has a gi joe section now!!! Also a well stocked one I must say!

[jglovia]

Hey pick me up a little bird when you gt up there ok?

[jglovia]

Oh, almost forgot. The Green Bay Big Lots has the Powerteam Elite Watchtower ($10), the Little Bird ($13), and the camel and horse sets ($3 each). They also had a valor vs. venom two pack with Scarlett and a Sand Scorpion. They only had two of those, probably left over from a previous restock, $6 each.

Haven't checked the Appleton store lately, last time I was there they were in the middle of a reset but had nothing.

pick me up a little bird ok?

[meyerc13]

About time you get on here! I'll probably be up in Green Bay next week some time. Bring on the Little Birds!

[jglovia]

Cool, thanks. I'll keep you posted when wave 10 hits the walmart here. Which do you want?

[meyerc13]

I am going to pass on Duke, have enough of him already. I'll probably pass on Wraith unless I find the variant, in which case I'll be trading him for things I do want (like a Black Head Destro comic pack).

I want Mutt, Bazooka Trooper, and Paraviper. If I like those last two, I'll probably build squads of four of each. Croc Master I'm undecided on, I'll probably decide once I see him in person. I'll keep an eye out too... although the Wal Mart by my office is fairly well stocked with revision cases, so it may be a while before they get these. The Target doesn't have much, but I hate spending $8 when I could get them for less than $7 at Wal Mart.

[Falcone]

The wisconsin meet has been canceled.

[Mr. Focus]

The wisconsin meet has been canceled.

C'mon... are you kidding me! Don't cancel just reschedule?

[Falcone]

I'm sorry for any problems from canceling. It just wasn't going to work. I thought about pushing it back but it would be too late into the year. There will be one set up for next year. I should have a date set in January. Im thinking of having it in late spring/early summer.

[meyerc13]

The Appleton TRU has the Rocket Hauler and Seal boat. I would post links to them but their website is down at the moment. I think there is a thread about Power Team Elite in the General GI Joe forum that has the links. Saw two Rocket Haulers and one boat. I'll probably pick these up eventually, but saving my Joe dollars for Wave 10 that I expect will hit sometime this week. Of the two, the boat is the coolest for me... might have to pick up one or two of them. Then need to figure out where to store them because they are good sized.

Other than that, both Appleton Target's had a Conquest on the shelf last night, but no Rattler. Of the two, I think the Conquest is most likely to hit clearance at some point, but that's still a long ways off and having one on the shelf hardly makes it a shelf warmer.

[meyerc13]

Does TRU have that small Chap Mei tank that kind of looks like a Bradley?
True Heroes Military Mobile Squad - Toys 'R' Us - Toys "R" Us (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3045232)

Saw two of these sets at the TRU in Green Bay today. Still haven't seen them in Appleton, checked there on Thursday. Since Appleton became a Babies R Us/Toys R Us store, there is less room for toys so it seems some of the selection is slightly less than what you'll find in Green Bay.

[meyerc13]

Finally found a Battle Armor Cobra Commander today at a Wal Mart in the Green Bay area (off West Mason). Not much else at the West side Kmart, that Wal Mart, the TRU in Green Bay, or the Wal Mart in De Pere. The Wal Mart in De Pere had a good selection of comic packs, including two Destro/IG packs (Gold Headed Destro on both), but I wasn't looking for those today.

No Wave 10, no Wave 2/3 vehicles, no Wave 2 DVD packs.

I picked up one of the $13 Little Birds at the Green Bay Big Lots (still no sign of these in Appleton), and it rocks for the price. Compatible with 25th figures, although the seat could be a quarter inch higher. Might need to add a seat cushion but other than that this thing looks just like what you'd see in Black Hawk Down. Great deal for the price.

[meyerc13]

Stopped in the Fond du Lac Wal Mart and Target last night. Wal Mart had the revision case with Battle Armor Cobra Commander and Snow Job, probably 2-3 of each on the shelf. They also had quite a few Hiss tanks, 3 I think. Unfortunately nothing I needed.

Target had a Conquest which was the only thing I can recall seeing there. I'm finding that most every time I visit a Target I find a Conquest. Can't say the same about Rattlers, but I do see a Rattler about once a week (although I check Target almost every day).

I'm also seeing the IG Destro/Iron Grenadier, Cobra Commander/Tripwire, and Falcon/Nemesis comic packs fairly often now. I haven't seen a Blackhead Destro in the store but my brother found one for me in Sheboygan's Wal Mart.

[Vandil]

Madison WI

East side Target has both Conquest and Rattler in stock 2 of each. 3 red element CC, 1 comic pack, and 1 of each Wave 1 vehicle.

East side WM, old stock singles mostly Duke+flag, Wild Bills, Red element CC's, Agent faces and Dreadnock CP's, only the air charriot vehicle pack.

East side Shopko had 1 tiger force Flint in stock, and one Major Blood that was it.

Super WM, All wave 1 vehicles, all current DVD sets, Singles consisting of revision cases and repaints, CP had some new stock, one Black headed destro, along with Nemesis Immortal pack still on shelf (Bought one Blk Destro pack and the remaining foiled CG)

Super Target, Wild Bill metroplex must have been 10 of him all on the top peg, mostly revisions or old stock like red element CC. Wave 1 vehicles, 1 conquest and 2 rattlers on shelf

TRU- Both Wave 1 SRO, Wave 1 TRU exclusive packs, Old stock comic packs, and a big old pile of Wild Bills and other old stock singles.

[Johnnyakiba]

Dude, why are we not getting any figures up here?! I live in Kenosha and the Targets and Walmarts have JACK SQUAT. I am really hoping to find the new SRO wave 2

[meyerc13]

I was working in Green Bay today and stopped at the West side Wal Mart, Target, KMart, and TRU. No new vehicle/comic pack/DVD/single waves. The only thing new I found was the SRO Air and Sea command sets at TRU. I also spotted the Greenshirts (second time at that TRU), but passed on them again. I bought the only new SRO sets they had on the shelf, but the shelf was full of Wave 1 TRU SRO sets so perhaps Destro and the IGs are hanging out in the backroom? At least now we know that this TRU should be restocking the new waves of 3 pack and 5 packs.

Oh, the Target also had two Rattlers and a Conquest around noon on Friday, these have been pretty easy to find, although at many stores the shelves are starting to fill up with Conquests.

[meyerc13]

KMart raised their price again. They are now $7.99 for single figures at the west side Green Bay. Interesting because less than 3 months ago they were at $5.99. Two $1 price hikes in 3 months... crazy.

[jlukas]

Found the Combat Heroes at Target in Darboy this morning. Nothing else new there. Checked Wal-mart nothing new either.

[meyerc13]

Found the Combat Heroes at Target in Darboy this morning. Nothing else new there. Checked Wal-mart nothing new either.

Welcome to the tank. Saves me a trip on my way home from work (I can see Target from my office) and I'm right behind Wal Mart. You aren't by any chance the guy who found the Rattler/Conquest on the first day they were out at that Target store, are you?

[jlukas]

yes that was I. It is nice to finally meet a fellow fox valley GI Joe collector!

[meyerc13]

You might have seen me coming into the store with my 8 month old daughter. I've posted that story on here somewhere, but I'm sure the look on my face was priceless. Part "Wow they have em!" Part "Darn, bet I just missed them." Part "Congratulations." Don't worry though, had mine the same day from another Target. So it's all good. Glad they went to a collector though.

[jlukas]

Well I checked the three Kohl's in the valley. I found wave 10 at all but one. Was able to get Mutt, Wraith (non-variant), Cobra Paratrooper (ROCKS) and Croc Master. Also picked up the Dataframe and Beachead, Scrap-Iron and Wild Bill Comic packs. As of yesterday both stores (Northland and Neenah) still had two complete sets of single figs and tons of the comic pack.

[Stevejr]

Picked up two Target exclusive ultimate battle packs today in Marshfield, gave the clerk the DPCI and she brought them out. Also found all the newest wave of comic packs at Kohls in Plover last week bought two of each of those also. Nothing since wave 8 figure wise around here though.

[Falcone]

Stopped in the Fond du Lac

Hey now, you stay up there and away from my stores. :P

[jlukas]

Checked both Targets this morning both have one full set of wave 10. Also Wal-mart by the mall also has wave 10. No new DVD packs or comic packs though. Also both Targets have the Ultimate Battle Packs.